Americans Push Back on Mass Surveillance & Dallas Is the New Wall Street?

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**Neal Freyman** (0:25)
Good Morning Brew Daily Show, I'm Neal Freyman.

**Toby Howell** (0:28)
And I'm Toby Howell.

**Neal Freyman** (0:29)
Today, what's fueling the backlash to flock cameras?

**Toby Howell** (0:32)
Then why Wall Street is Tuesday in Texas. It's Tuesday, August 11th. Let's ride.

**Neal Freyman** (0:45)
We've all been on some nightmare flights, but nothing quite like the one experienced by Porter Airlines passengers on Thursday. As a flight from British Columbia to Toronto was preparing to take off, a child refused to sit down and buckle their seatbelt despite desperate attempts by parents and the crew.
This kid was stubborn and simply wouldn't do it. So the flight had to be canceled and all the passengers had to leave the plane. To make things worse, it was super late, past 1230 a.m., so everyone had to go home and come back to fly out the next day. Toby, they might have to put this family in witness protection.

**Toby Howell** (1:20)
This is the final boss of Babies on Planes. It's all sat next to one that wouldn't stop crying, but a screaming one that won't sit down and makes you miss your flight. That's some Children of the Corn type stuff right there.
I feel bad for the parents. I mean, a toddler meltdown is an unstoppable force. You can't control when or where it happens. My mom, true story, once locked me out of the car before I settled down. It was very effective. But obviously Reddit has complained about this in the past. One poster replied to a similar incident saying, I would seriously pay extra to go on adult-only flights.

**Neal Freyman** (1:55)
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**Neal Freyman** (2:47)
This just in, Americans don't like being mass surveilled. This summer, opposition to flock cameras sprouting up across the country has reached a fever pitch, maybe even surpassing the outrage directed against data centers. In July, more than 20 local jurisdictions canceled their deals with flock or made plans to, the highest amount for a single month on record. In response to public backlash, Los Angeles hit pause on 138 pole-mounted security cameras operated by flock. In other communities, flock cameras have been vandalized and officials have put bags over them instead of renewing their contracts. So what is flock and why is it so controversial? It's a company worth $8.4 billion that leases cameras to homeowners associations, businesses and most importantly, law enforcement in order to prevent crime and track down perpetrators. These cameras run an automatic license plate recognition system that IDs cars passing by and stores the information in a database powered by artificial intelligence. Flock has been super popular with local towns and cities because it's seen as an effective tool to help catch criminals. Currently, 40% of all law enforcement departments in the US, 7,000 of them deploy flock cameras. But for many regular Americans, the cons outweigh the benefits. They warn that flock is essentially creating a drag net that could be abused by the government to track and target political opponents or be abused by rogue law enforcement members. Toby, I just did this yesterday. If you want to spark a debate in the group chat, you got to bring up flock.

**Toby Howell** (4:14)
Let's dive into both sides and see what the group chat is talking about. The case for flock lies in public safety. Flock argues that it's a very effective crime fighting tool.